The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint Monday against Rite Aid claiming the corporation and its state branches filled prescriptions for controlled substances that were not medically necessary, did not have a valid prescription or were issued by prescribers acting outside their usual areas of practice. The Controlled Substances Act categorizes prescription drugs [...]

The Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy voted 8–3 Monday to advance a bill that would largely criminalize and further restrict the provision of sex-reassignment hormones and procedures to minors. Introduced by Florida State Senators Clay Yarborough and Keith Perry, Senate Bill 254 would give Florida courts temporary emergency jurisdiction over any child present in [...]

The Israeli Special Committee on Amendments to Basic Law Monday approved a first reading of a bill that would only allow the Prime Minister to be declared incompetent on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity. The vote passed by a majority of 9–6. The authority to make a declaration of incompetence would lie with [...]

Sayfullo Saipov, responsible for the death of eight people in an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after a New York jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on his sentence. Saipov had been convicted on 28 counts by the same jury in January 2023. Saipov was facing the death [...]

The UK House of Commons Monday approved the controversial Illegal Immigration Bill, which seeks to “prevent and deter unlawful migration,” by a vote of 312 to 249. The bill will now pass to the committee stage of the House of Commons. Organizations like the Law Society of England and Wales have raised concerns that the [...]

Authorities in Egypt have refused to issue and renew essential identity documents needed by those living outside the country, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday. The refusals are allegedly part of attempts to force dissidents to return to Egypt, where they would likely face persecution. Under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, politically motivated migration [...]

Moldovan police Sunday arrested 54 people during an anti-government protest in the capital city of Chișinău hours after police announced the arrests of seven people linked to a Russian-backed plot to destabilize the country. According to Viorel Cernăuțeanu, the head of Moldova’s General Police Inspectorate (IGP), the plot included incidents of “destabilization and mass disorder” [...]

Last week, the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgment that altered the appointment process for members of the Election Commission of India, the institution responsible for the integrity of the electoral process. The Commission consists of one Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), and since 1993, two additional Election Commissioners. Prior to this judgment, the executive [...]

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants Sunday attempted en masse to cross the US Border from Mexico and were prevented from doing so by US and Mexican authorities. The largest group of migrants attempted to reach the US from the Paso del Norte Bridge, which connects Ciudad Juarez, to El Paso, Texas. Simultaneously, other groups of migrants [...]

To what extent can the United Nations (UN) prevent and control so-called anti-corruption campaigns that serve only to bolster the power of authoritarian regimes? As authoritarian power spreads, this is an increasingly urgent question. If the UN does not take measures to track and curtail illegitimate anti-corruption campaigns, it is the people whom these campaigns [...]